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rapetisserions

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5 syllables
14 characters
French
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5syllables

rapetisserions

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

ra-pe-tis-se-rions

Pronunciation

/ʁa.pə.ti.se.ʁjɔ̃/

Stress

00011

Morphemes

ra- + petit- + -isserions

The word 'rapetisserions' is divided into five syllables: ra-pe-tis-se-rions. It's the first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of 'rapetisser', meaning 'we would be making smaller'. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. Syllabification follows vowel-based rules with consonant clusters treated as single onsets.

Definitions

verb
  1. 1

    To be making smaller, to be diminishing in size.

    We would be making smaller / We would diminish.

    Si nous avions le temps, nous rapetisserions les images.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable 'se'.

Syllables

5
ra/ʁa/
pe/pə/
tis/ti/
se/sə/
rions/ʁjɔ̃/

ra Open syllable, onset 'ʁ', nucleus 'a'. pe Open syllable, onset 'p', nucleus 'ə'. tis Closed syllable, onset 't', nucleus 'i'. se Open syllable, onset 's', nucleus 'ə', primary stress. rions Closed syllable, onset 'ʁ', nucleus 'ɔ̃' (nasal vowel)

Vowel Nucleus Rule

Syllables are formed around vowel nuclei. Each syllable must contain a vowel sound.

Consonant Cluster Rule

Consonant clusters are treated as single onsets or codas when permissible by French phonotactics.

  • Regional variations in the pronunciation of the 'r' sound do not affect syllabification.
  • Nasal vowels function as syllable nuclei.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/13/2025

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